Focus Countries - Russia
Recent Grants
Universities and Scholarly Infrastructure

Human Rights

Universities and Scholarly Infrastructure
Academic Educational Forum on International Relations (Moscow, Russia)
$560,000 in support of activities aiming to modernize and strengthen the scholarly field of international relations in Russia (over three years). (2005)
Aleksandr Vasilievich Konstantinov (Nizhni Novgorod, Russia)
$12,700 for "Improvement of Forest Use in the Primary Forests of Nizhegorodskoe Zavolzhye" (over 13 months). (2003)
American Councils for International Education (Washington, D.C.)
$100,000 in support of enhancing the distance learning programs of the European Humanities University International. (2005)
American Councils for International Education (Washington, D.C.)
$200,000 in support of the PhD and Gender Studies programs and distance learning initiatives of the European Humanities University in exile. (2004)
American Councils for International Education (Washington, D.C.)
$700,000 in support of the PhD and Gender Studies programs and distance learning initiatives of the European Humanities University in exile (over two years). (2004)
American Councils for International Education (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 in further support of operating and administrative costs at the EHU International (the European Humanities University in Exile), a successor to the European Humanities University in Minsk, Belarus (over one year). (2005)
American Friends of the New Economic School (University Park, Pennsylvania)
$500,000 in support of the recruitment and retention of faculty members and outreach activities at the New Economic School (over two years). (2003)
American Friends of the New Economic School (University Park, Pennsylvania)
$1,250,000 in support of recruitment and retention of qualified, full-time faculty members and outreach activities (over five years). (2004)
Anatolii Ivanovich Lysiuk (Brest, Belarus)
$14,700 for "Populist Strategies in Modern Belarus: Content, Effectiveness, and Prospects" (over 18 months). (2003)
Andrei Gennadievich Manakov (Pskov, Russia)
$12,900 for "Ethnosocial Tension and Political Culture of the Population of Russia's Western Frontier." (2003)
Anna Adrianovna Temkina (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$16,200 for "The Transformation of the Gender Order: From Late Soviet Society to the National State" (over 18 months). (2003)
Anna Aleksandrovna Iakovleva (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$16,900 for "Integrated Medical-Psychosocial Approach to Rehabilitating Female Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation" (over 18 months). (2003)
Asta Elmar Poldma (Tallinn, Estonia)
$17,000 for "Population Policy Acceptance in Estonian Society" (over 15 months). (2003)
Autonomous non profit organization ISE Center (Information.Scholarship.Education.) (Moscow, Russia)
$1,600,000 in support of the Centers for Advanced Studies and Education program (over four years). (2005)
Biodiversity Conservation Center, Socio-Ecological Union (Moscow, Russia)
$310,000 in support of efforts to reconcile biodiversity conservation with the development of Russia's natural resources (over three years). (2003)
Boris Petrovich Iliashuk (Apatity, Russia)
$9,300 for "Reconstruction of Long-Term Changes in Lake Ecosystems of the Kola North Following 20th Century Regional Industrial Development." (2003)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, D.C.)
$6,000,000 in support of the journal "Pro et Contra" (over three years). (2003)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, D.C.)
$600,000 in support of the journal "Pro et Contra" (over three years). (2005)
Center for Anthropological Research (Krasnodar, Russia)
$225,000 in renewed support of research on rural communities of southern Russia, with a focus on the impact of globalization (over three years). (2006)
Center for Anthropological Research (Krasnodar, Russia)
$95,000 in support of research on social transformation in the rural communities of the Krasnodar region (over two years). (2004)
Center for Ethnopolitical and Regional Studies, Russian Foreign Policy Association (Moscow, Russia)
$100,000 in support of a monitoring program on ethnic minorities rights, discrimination, and xenophobia in Russia (over three years). (2003)
Center for Russian Environmental Policy (Moscow, Russia)
$450,000 in support of new mechanisms for developing and implementing Russia?s environmental policy (over three years). (2004)
Center for Social Policy and Gender Studies (Saratov, Russia)
$175,000 in support of research and analysis on social policy reforms in contemporary Russia and publication of the "Journal of Social Policy Studies" (over two years). (2006)
Center for Strategic & International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
$375,000 in support of the Program on New Approaches to Russian Security (over three years). (2005)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
$300,000 in support of participation by Russian scholars in the Program on New Approaches to Russian Security (over three years). (2003)
Center for the Study of Nationalism and Empire (Kazan, Russia)
$150,000 in support of the "Ab Imperio" multidisciplinary academic journal in the social sciences and humanities (over three years). (2006)
Center for the Study of Nationalism and Empire (Kazan, Russia)
$150,000 in support of "Ab Imperio", a multidisciplinary academic journal (over three years) (2003)
Centre for Independent Social Research (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$375,000 in support of activities to advance sociological studies in Russia (over three years). (2004)
Dilbar Nikolaevna Klado (Moscow, Russia)
$16,900 for "Lawmaking and Civil Society: Research on the Circumstances, Documents and Materials Relating to the Passing of the Legislation Allowing the Import of Spent Nuclear Fuel into Russia" (over 18 months). (2003)
Dmitrii Vladimirovich Afinogenov (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$16,100 for "Forest, Society, and the Law: Legal Guaranties of Public Participation in Forest Management" (over 15 months). (2003)
Ekaterina Andreevna Stepanova (Moscow, Russia)
$10,000 for "The Role of Illegal Drug Trade in the Political Economy of Conflicts and Terrorism." (2003)
Ekaterina Sergeevna Efimova (Moscow, Russia)
$15,900 for "The World of Prison in Modern Russia: The Social and Cultural Aspects" (over 18 months). (2003)
Ekaterina Valerievna Panio (Kiev, Ukraine)
$11,900 for "Investigation of Motives and Consequences of State Interference in Interconfessional Conflicts in Ukraine." (2002)
Elena Anatolievna Karetnikova (Khabarovsk, Russia)
$14,800 for "Microbiological Utilization of Industrial Waste Through Pyrolysis Processing of Lignin." (2003)
Elena Anatolievna Malinovskaia (Kiev, Ukraine)
$15,300 for "Migration Processes in Ukraine in the Context of EU Enlargement: Prospects for Development and Potential Consequences" (over 18 months). (2003)
Elena Evgenievna Timoshok (Tomsk, Russia)
$12,100 for "A Strategy for Species and Ecosystem Biodiversity Conservation in Centers of Contemporary Glaciation in the Alpine Central Altai." (2003)
Elena Igorevna Ivanova (Moscow, Russia)
$16,400 for "Evaluation of the Risk of Generational Conflict at Various Social Levels in Modern Russia" (over 18 months). (2003)
Elena Petrovna Evdokimova (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$13,100 for "Professionalization of Housework as a Means of the Adaptation of Women and as a Factor in the Changing Gender Contract" (over 13 months). (2003)
Elena Valentinovna Pecheniuk (Varvarino, Russia)
$13,500 for "We Protect What We Understand and Love: Regional Studies from Childhood to Old Age (A Case Study of Small Steppe Lakes and Marshes)" (over 18 months). (2003)
Elmira Zebrievna Shamsutdinova (Moscow, Russia)
$15,800 for "The Halophytes of Russia: Ecological Particulars and Utilization Potential for Restoring Saline Soils in Southern Russia" (over 17 months). (2003)
European University at St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$600,000 in support of graduate training and research in the social sciences (over two years). (2003)
European University at St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$1,450,000 in support of graduate training and research in the social sciences (over five years). (2003)
Evgenia Gennadievna Davydova (Arkhangelsk, Russia)
$16,000 for "Nuclear and Radiation Security and Changes in the Public Consciousness of Residents of the Russian North, From Panic to Indifference" (over 15 months). (2002)
Evgenia Sergeevna Balabanova (Nizhni Novgorod, Russia)
$17,000 for "The Socioeconomic Dependence of Women" (over 18 months). (2003)
Evgenii Dmitrievich Kalinin (Volgograd, Russia)
$10,100 for "Problems of Effective Defense of the Rights of Mass Media and Journalists to Free Speech: Law and Court Practice (Based on Materials from the Volgograd Region)." (2003)
Evgenii Semionovich Krasinets (Moscow, Russia)
$16,500 for "Illegal Immigration and Migrant Trafficking in Russia" (over 18 months). (2003)
Gadzhibek Sefibekovich Dzhamirzoev (Butkazmaliar, Russia)
$15,400 for "Optimizing the Management of Key Bird Habitats of International Importance in Dagestan" (over 18 months). (2003)
Galina Erdneevna Nastinova (Elista, Russia)
$16,000 for "Ecological Restoration and Raising the Productivity of Degraded Land in the Caspian Region" (over 18 months). (2003)
Gegetsik Mikhakovna Grigorian (Yerevan, Armenia)
$17,000 for "Gender-Based Assessment as a Means to Protect Women's Rights in Armenia" (over 18 months). (2003)
Igor Sergeevich Savin (Chimkent, Kazakhstan)
$16,900 for "Gender and Ethnicity in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan: Discourse and Social Strategies" (over 14 months). (2003)
Ilia Davidovich Trombitskii (Chishinau, Moldova)
$16,800 for "Legal and Social Aspects of Biodiversity Conservation in Transboundary Resevoirs and Rivers of the New Independent States: A Case of the Dniester River" (over 18 months). (2003)
Independent Institute for Social Policy (Moscow, Russia)
$220,000 in support of a sociological data archive and related training program, a small grants competition on social policy research, and the SPERO journal of social policy research (over two years). (2005)
Information and Analytical Center (Lulea, Sweden)
$150,000 in support of the journal "Central Asia and the Caucasus" (over two years). (2003)
Institute of Law and Public Policy (Moscow, Russia)
$375,000 in support of activities to promote legal consciousness and legal reform in Russia (over three years). (2003)
Institute of Law and Public Policy (Moscow, Russia)
$375,000 in support of activities to promote legal consciousness and legal reform in Russia (over three years). (2006)
Iraklii Zurabovich Shavgulidze (Tbilisi, Georgia)
$17,000 for "Human-Wildlife Conflict in Georgia: Is Co-Existence Doomed?" (over 18 months). (2003)
Irina Alekseevna Gorkovaia (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$17,000 for "Social and Psychological Determinants of Adolescent Criminal Behavior in St. Petersburg" (over 18 months). (2003)
Irina Borisovna Morenko (Kazan, Russia)
$12,500 for "Representational Practices of Russian and Tatarstan Mass Media Toward Islam in the Context of Promoting Interconfessional Tolerance" (over 18 months). (2003)
Irina Ivanovna Novikova (Riga, Latvia)
$14,800 for "Identification Processes of Minority Women and Men in the Baltic States (1991-2003) in the Context of EU Enlargement" (over 18 months). (2003)
Irina Konstantinovna Kravchenko (Moscow, Russia)
$15,500 for "Oxidation of Atmospheric Methane in Grey Earth Forest Soils of Russia and Its Regulation through the Composition of Microbial Communities" (over 18 months). (2003)
Irina Pavlovna Chikireva (Tiumen, Russia)
$17,000 for "Conceptions of Socioeconomic Integration of the Tiumen Region, and of the Yamalo-Nenetsk and Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District in the Sphere of Social Partnership" (over 18 months). (2003)
Iulia Konstantinovna German (Krasnoyarsk, Russia)
$16,800 for "A Study of the Parasitic Infection Rate of the Yenisei River Basin Fish, the Threat to Human Health, and the Development of Control Measures to Ease the Parasitological Situation" (over 18 months). (2003)
Iurii Nikolaevich Sundukov (Lazo, Russia)
$12,400 for "A Planet for All: Estimation and Preservation of Species Diversity of Ground Beetles in Southern Sikhote-Alin" (over 15 months). (2003)
JSTOR (New York, New York)
$207,000 in support of electronic access to archived journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities for selected universities in Russia (over three years). (2004)
Kazan Institute of Federalism (Kazan, Russia)
$200,000 in support of the project Political and Legal Resources of Federalism in Russia (over three years). (2003)
Ketevan Georgievna Khutsishvili (Tbilisi, Georgia)
$13,600 for "The Changing Religious Situation and the Problem of Public Security in Georgia" (over 15 months). (2003)
Kharkov Center for Gender Studies (Kharkov, Ukraine)
$330,000 in support of a Russian/NIS university network on gender studies (over three years). (2004)
Kiev Ecological and Cultural Center (Kiev, Ukraine)
$105,000 in support of the "Humanitarian Ecological Journal" (over three years). (2004)
Kirill Lvovich Rozhkov (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$17,000 for "Analysis and Forecasting of Quality of Life Under Local Self-Government in Northwest Russia" (over 18 months). (2003)
Konstantin Iurievich Belousov (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$16,200 for "Agenda-Setting by Human Rights Organizations in Russia on the Topic of Crime (St. Petersburg and Moscow)" (over 13 months). (2003)
Larisa Feliksovna Kompantseva (Lugansk, Ukraine)
$10,000 for "The Gender Basis of Internet Communication in Post-Soviet Life: A Monograph." (2003)
Lesia Nikolaevna Zub (Kiev, Ukraine)
$16,300 for "Phyto-Reconstruction of Protected Small River Watersheds in Ukraine as an Element of the Technology for Conservation and Regeneration of Water Resources" (over 18 months). (2003)
Liazat Kataevna Ibraeva (Karaganda, Kazakhstan)
$16,600 for "Socioeconomic Factors in the Development of Occupational Disease" (over 18 months). (2003)
Lilia Askhatovna Shatrova (Kazan, Russia)
$16,000 for "Male and Female Strategies in the Labor Market of the Tatarstan Republic: Through the Prism of Ethnogender Stereotypes" (over 18 months). (2003)
Liudmila Ivanovna Popkova (Kursk, Russia)
$17,000 for "Socioeconomic Consequences of Changing Demographics in the Russian-Ukrainian Border Region in the 1990s" (over 18 months). (2003)
Liudmila Vasilievna Panova (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$17,000 for "Entitlement Is No Guarantee of Medical Care: Inequalities in Access to Primary Care (A Case Study of St. Petersburg)" (over 16 months). (2003)
Mac Services (Chicago, Illinois)
$193,000 in support of the development of an industry standard higher education advancement program for three MacArthur supported independent universities in Russia. (2005)
Marat Zhumabaevich Kenzhetaev (Moscow, Russia)
$13,300 for "Will the Arms Trade Hinder Russia's Intergration with the West?." (2003)
Margarita Vilkhovna Pochitaeva (Ioshkar-Ola, Russia)
$14,600 for "Activating Educational Initiatives in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Conservation through Outdoor Work with Children" (over 16 months). (2003)
Marina Borisovna Romanovskaia (Moscow, Russia)
$16,500 for "The History of Fashion Design in the Context of Gender Relations and Women?s Struggle for Economic and Social Rights" (over 18 months). (2003)
Marina Fedorovna Anisimova (Zaporozh'ie, Ukraine)
$16,900 for "The Right to Freedom of Movement and the Choice of Residence in Ukraine: History, Current Conditions, and Prospects for Development" (over 18 months). (2003)
Marina Viacheslavovna Semina (Moscow, Russia)
$16,900 for "Reproduction of Gender Stereotypes in Labor Market: Constraints on Women's Mobility and Rights" (over 18 months). (2003)
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies (Moscow, Russia)
$240,000 in support of a graduate training program in business, economics, and management (over two years). (2003)
Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Moscow, Russia)
$700,000 in support of graduate training and research (over two years). (2003)
Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Moscow, Russia)
$1,450,000 in support of graduate training and research programs (over five years).
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (Moscow, Russia)
$45,000 in support of a project aimed at introducing European educational standards in Russian regional universities. (2005)
Nadezhda Viktorovna Storozhenko (Voronezh, Russia)
$14,600 for "Development of a Mechanism for Emissions Trading and Its Practical Implementation on the Local Level." (2003)
Natalia Anatolievna Polskaia (Saratov, Russia)
$11,000 for "Life Strategies of the Mentally Ill in Conditions of Socioeconomic Instability." (2003)
Natalia Ingridovna Kigai (Moscow, Russia)
$16,900 for "Responsibility and Maturity: Psychological Aspects of the Infantilization of Women in Family and Culture" (over 18 months). (2003)
Natalia Iurievna Kostenko (Moscow, Russia)
$12,600 for "Restoring Justice for Victims of Political Repression in the USSR (Rehabilitation): Historical-Legal Research" (over 15 months). (2003)
Natalia Iurievna Lapina (Moscow, Russia)
$14,600 for "Big Business and Social Projects in Russia's Regions" (over 18 months). (2003)
Natalia Vladimirovna Sazonova (Sevastopol, Ukraine)
$16,800 for "Interethnic Relations in Ukraine: The Search for New Research Subjects and Methods" (over 18 months). (2003)
NGO School Foundation (Moscow, Russia)
$100,000 in support of a project to promote university-based third sector research and boost cooperation between CASE centers and the non-profit sector in Russia (over two years). (2006)
Nikolai Kuzmich Skripnikov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
$16,700 for "Legal Aspects of Transboundary Water Use in Central Asia" (over 18 months). (2003)
Nordic Council of Ministers (Copenhagen, Denmark)
$41,000 in support of a project to review and strengthen the governance and administration of the European Humanities University (over six months). (2006)
Nugzar Vladimirovich Mgeladze (Batumi, Georgia)
$17,000 for "Education, Religion and the State in Georgia: The Role of Religious and Secular Education in Adjaria at the Junction of Christianity and Islam" (over 18 months). (2002)
Oleg Ivanovich Evstigneev (Nerussa, Russia)
$15,600 for "Regional Conservation Strategy for Rare Species (A Case Study of Vascular Plants of the Bryansk Region)" (over 18 months). (2003)
Olga Aleksandrovna Abramova (Moscow, Russia)
$14,400 for "Migrant Street Children: The Tolerance Level of Moscow Residents. Alternative Means of Assisting Migrant Street Children" (over 18 months). (2003)
Olga Evgenievna Brednikova (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$11,700 for "Labour Migration of Women: The Transformation of Gender Contracts" (over 16 months). (2003)
Olga Gennadievna Kotliarova (Belgorod, Russia)
$17,000 for "Effectiveness of the Anthropogenic Formation of Environmentally Sustainable Agrolandscapes" (over 18 months). (2003)
Perm State University, Department of Political Science (Perm, Russia)
$90,000 in support of the project entitled, Political Communities in Civic and Political Science Perspectives (over two years). (2006)
Regional Public Organization Network for Ethnological Monitoring and Early Warning (Moscow, Russia)
$180,000 in support of research and training activities in Russia and the post-Soviet states (over two years). (2003)
Rafik Mukhametshovich Mukhametshin (Kazan, Russia)
$14,900 for "Islam in Post-Soviet Tatarstan: Forms of Its Functioning, Spheres of Influence, and Development Tendencies" (over 18 months). (2003)
Regional Public Organization Network for Ethnological Monitoring and Early Warning (Moscow, Russia)
$240,000 in support of informational, policy research, and training activities in Russia and the post-Soviet states (over three years). (2005)
Research Center - REGION (Ulianovsk, Russia)
$180,000 in support of research, networking, and policy studies on youth issues in contemporary Russia (over three years). (2004)
Rozalia Andreevna Smirnova (Minsk, Belarus)
$15,000 for "Socio-Psychological Adaptation and Behavioral Strategies of People Confined to Wheelchairs in the Republic of Belarus" (over 18 months). (2003)
Russian Political Science Association (Moscow, Russia)
$270,000 in support of activities aiming to facilitate the development of political science in Russia (over three years). (2005)
Sagit Fiaritovich Faizov (Moscow, Russia)
$14,000 for "The 1917 Muslim Women's Rights Movement in Russia: Documents and Interpretations" (over 18 months). (2003)
Salzburg Seminar (Middlebury, Vermont)
$100,000 in support of strengthening research management capacity in Russian universities through the Russian Higher Education Program. (2006)
Salzburg Seminar (Middlebury, Vermont)
$175,000 in support of the Russian Higher Education Program. (2005)
Sanobar Azamatovna Shermatova (Moscow, Russia)
$17,000 for "'Political' Islam and Militarized Radical Groups in Central Asia" (over 18 months). (2003)
Semion Samuilovich Vilenskii (Moscow, Russia)
$12,200 for "Repressed Literature: A Bio-Bibliographic Dictionary. The Published and Unpublished Works of Russian Authors Subjected to Repression (1946-1986)." (2003)
Sergei Nikolaevich Abashin (Moscow, Russia)
$17,000 for "Everyday Economic and Social Survival Strategies in Post-Independence Central Asia" (over 18 months). (2003)
Sergei Pavlovich Kharitonov (Moscow, Russia)
$9,700 for "The Breeding Ground of the Red-Breasted Goose: Creating Future Protected Areas of the Predicted Northward Shift of the Species Range Due to Global Warming." (2003)
Sergei Vitalievich Mezhzherin (Kiev, Ukraine)
$13,600 for "Animal Resources of Ukraine in the Context of a Sustainable Development Strategy: Review of Current Conditions, Media Campaign and Publication of a Guidebook" (over 18 months). (2002)
Sergei Vladimirovich Tsukhlo (Moscow, Russia)
$16,200 for "The Openness of Reliable Economic Information: Market Surveys Versus Official Statistics" (over 18 months). (2003)
St. Petersburg State University, Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (St Petersburg, Russia)
$200,000 in support of a project entitled, The Bologna Process and Modernization of History Education in Russia (over two years). (2006)
Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich (Minsk, Belarus)
$17,000 for "Belarusian Neo-Communism in the System of International Cooperation and Security" (over 18 months). (2003)
Svetlana Borisovna Avdasheva (Moscow, Russia)
$15,500 for "The Application of Anti-Monopoly Legislation Initiated by Private Individuals: Incentives and Obstacles" (over 18 months). (2003)
Tair Liatif Ogly Faradov (Baku, Azerbaijan)
$16,900 for "The Dynamics of Ideological and Geopolitical Orientations in Modern Azerbaijan in the Context of Internal Stability and Regional Security" (over 18 months). (2003)
Tatiana Nikolaevna Pustylnik (Kiev, Ukraine)
$16,900 for "Research on Prospects of Developing Young Women's Entrepreneurship in Small Cities of Ukraine, Based on Case Studies of Korosten, Luginy and Ovruch (Chernobyl Region of Zhitomyr Oblast)" (over 18 months). (2003)
Tatiana Viktorovna Blinova (Saratov, Russia)
$16,900 for "The Impact of Agrarian Reform on Employment Among Rural Women" (over 17 months). (2003)
Transnational Family Research Institute (Moscow, Russia)
$150,000 in support of an electronic journal on socio-demographic issues (over three years). (2003)
Transnational Family Research Institute (Moscow, Russia)
$180,000 in support of the "Demoscope" electronic weekly journal on social and demographic issues (over three years). (2006)
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (Arlington, Virginia)
$125,000 in support of the Program on Basic Research and Higher Education in the Russian Federation (over four years). (2003)
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (Arlington, Virginia)
$750,000 in support of the expansion of the Program on Basic Research and Higher Education in Russia (over three years). (2006)
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (Arlington, Virginia)
$10,000,000 in support of the Program on Basic Research and Higher Education in Russia (over five years). (2005)
Vakhur Tiit Meid (Tallinn, Estonia)
$16,300 for "Foreign Policy of the European Union After Enlargement: The Russian Dimension" (over 18 months). (2003)
Valentina Dmitrievna Kurganskaia (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
$16,300 for "Particularities of the Formation of Legal Consciousness Among Kazakhstan's Ethnic Groups" (over 18 months). (2002)
Valentina Gavrilovna Fedotova (Moscow, Russia)
$16,900 for "Globalization of Local Misfortunes (Chaos, Anarchy, Crime, and Deviant Behavior)" (over 18 months). (2003)
Valentina Grigorievna Dobrokhleb (Moscow, Russia)
$16,800 for "Employment of the Elderly in a Changing Russia: Rights, Problems and Possibilities" (over 18 months). (2003)
Valerii Aleksandrovich Brinikh (Maikop, Russia)
$16,000 for "The Natural Heritage of Adygea: Conservation through Sustainable Development" (over 18 months). (2003)
Valerii Nikolaevich Moseikin (Engels, Russia)
$17,000 for "The Return of the Altai Falcon: Research on Rare Falcon Species of the Russian Altai" (over 18 months). (2003)
Valerii Viktorovich Viun (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine)
$12,700 for "Creating the Institution of Independent Assessment: A Step Toward Realizing the Right to Fair Trial." (2003)
Viktoria Viacheslavovna Viskulova (Svobodnyi, Russia)
$16,000 for "The Improvement of Legal Regulation of Foreigners in the Russian Far East as a Means of Protecting Minority Rights" (over 18 months). (2003)
Vladimir Sergeevich Tikunov (Moscow, Russia)
$17,000 for "Development of Integrated Indicators and Scenarios of Sustainable Development for Russia?s Regions Using Geoinformation Technology" (over 18 months). (2003)
Vladislav Ivanovich Larin (Moscow, Russia)
$17,000 for "The Russian Legacy of the Nuclear Submarine Race (The Past, Present and Future Problems of the Russian Nuclear Fleet)" (over 18 months). (2003)
World Wide Fund for Nature (Moscow, Russia)
$150,000 in support of research and analysis on new approaches to Russia's federal and regional environmental policies (over three years). (2003)
Zhanna Vladimirovna Chernova (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$13,800 for "Overcoming Discrimination in the Sphere of Parenthood: Fathers' Strategies" (over 18 months). (2003)
Zoia Vasilievna Anaiban (Abakan, Russia)
$15,000 for "The Influence of Socioeconomic Transformation in Russia on the Status of Women in the Family and Society (Based on a Study of Women from Tuva and Khakassia)" (over 17 months). (2003)
All Russian Public Movement for Human Rights (Moscow, Russia)
$300,000 in support of coordination strategies for Russian human rights organizations (over three years). (2003)
Alliance of Human Rights Organizations in Sverdlovsk Oblast (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
$60,000 in support of activities to combat police torture (over two years). (2005)
Amnesty International London (London, United Kingdom)
$200,000 in support of a project titled Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in the Russian Federation (over two years). (2006)
Association of Groups for Public Investigations (Kazan, Russia)
$200,000 in support of a project titled: Resistance to Violations of Human Rights: Murders, Tortures, and Arbitrary Arrests (over two years). (2006)
Center for Compulsory Migration in the CIS Countries (Moscow, Russia)
$180,000 in support of research on migration policy and the rights of migrants in Russia (over three years). (2003)
Center for Information Research, Institute of the USA and Canada (Moscow, Russia)
$100,000 in support of a publicly accessible website featuring a full set of the European Court for Human Rights documents, with Russian-language search tools (over two years). (2003)
Center for Information Research, Institute of the USA and Canada (Moscow, Russia)
$70,000 in support of the development and maintenance of a publicly accessible electronic website with a full collection of the European Court for Human Rights documents, with Russian-language search tools (over two years). (2005)
Center for the Interethnic Cooperation (Moscow, Russia)
$90,000 for work to protect the rights of ethnic minorities and migrants in the Russian regions (over two years). (2003)
Center for the Promotion of International Defense (Moscow, Russia)
$180,000 in support of activities to improve access to the European Court of Human Rights by Russian citizens (over three years). (2004)
Center for the Support of Democratic Youth Initiatives (Perm, Russia)
$210,000 in support of activities to promote the rights of young men of conscript age (over three years). (2004)
Center of Clinical Legal Education and Human Rights Protection (Samara, Russia)
$75,000 in support of a project entitled, Alignment of Russian Law and Legal Practice with European Standards of Human Rights. (2006)
Central-Blacksoil Center for Protection of Media Rights (Voronezh, Russia)
$225,000 in support of activities to protect media rights in Central Russia (over three years). (2005)
Charitable Foundation in Support of Civil Society Initiatives - Fulcrum Foundation (Moscow, Russia)
$240,000 in support of a regranting program to promote human rights activities in 13 priority regions in the Russian Federation (over three years). (2004)
Civic Human Rights League (Rostov-on-Don, Russia)
$50,000 for activities to protect the rights of black foreign students in southern Russia (over two years). (2004)
Civic Human Rights League (Rostov-na-Donu, Russia)
$150,000 in support of a project entitled, Human rights protection of foreign students in the South of Russia (over three years). (2006)
Clinical Legal Education Foundation (St Petersburg, Russia)
$160,000 in support of a project entitled, Fostering European Court of Human Rights Litigation Clinics in Russia (over two years). (2006)
Committee for Civil Rights (Moscow, Russia)
$300,000 in support of activities to combat police abuse in Moscow city and region (over three years). (2005)
Consortium of Women's Non-governmental Associations (Moscow, Russia)
$225,000 in support of activities, including collaboration with human rights ombudsmen at the federal and regional level, to protect women's rights in Russia (over three years). (2005)
Donors Forum Russia (Moscow, Russia)
$120,000 in support of communications and public relations activities aimed at enhancing strategy development and promoting positive public relations towards philanthropy in Russia (over three years). (2005)
Dos'e na Tsenzuru (Moscow, Russia)
$240,000 in support of a human rights journal and for a special quarterly publication about human rights violations by law enforcement personnel (over three years). (2004)
Glasnost Defense Foundation (Moscow, Russia)
$100,000 in support of a project titled Monitoring violations of mass media rights in the Russian Federation (over one year). (2006)
Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (Warsaw, Poland)
$100,000 in support of a project titled International Advanced Course on Human Rights Protection. (2006)
INDEM Foundation (Moscow, Russia)
$160,000 in support of activities to promote the humanization of the police force (over two years). (2005)
Independent Council of Legal Expertise (Moscow, Russia)
$600,000 in support of activities to facilitate reform of the courts and law enforcement agencies and improve mechanisms for the protection of human rights in Russia (over three years). (2005)
Institute of Public Expertise (Moscow, Russia)
$50,000 in support of a project titled A Library of Human Rights Literature. (2006)
Institute of Social Research and Civil Initiatives (Kazan, Russia)
$90,000 in support of a project titled Police Officers and Ethnic Minorities: the Practice of Interaction in Kazan and St Petersburg (over two years). (2006)
International Institute for Humanities and Political Studies (Moscow, Russia)
$30,000 in support of a study of public debate in the Russian Muslim community on issues affecting the status and rights of women (over eighteen months). (2006)
Interregional Foundation Association of Ombudsmen (Dmitrov, Russia)
$100,000 in support of activities to promote the institution of regional human rights ombudsmen (over two years). (2003)
Interregional Foundation Association of Ombudsmen (Dmitrov, Russia)
$100,000 in support of the perfection of a unified database for complaints to Human Rights Ombudsmen, increasing the number of users, and bringing them together via the Internet (over two years). (2006)
Interregional Human Rights Group (Voronezh, Russia)
$100,000 in support of human rights networking activities in the Voronezh region (over two years). (2003)
Interregional Human Rights Group (Voronezh, Russia)
$225,000 in support of human rights networking activities in the Voronezh region of the Russian Federation (over three years). (2005)
Jurix (Moscow, Russia)
$200,000 in support of activities to promote the institution of human rights ombudsmen in the Russian Federation (over two years). (2005)
Kazan Human Rights Center (Kazan, Russia)
$180,000 in support of activities to protect human rights in Tatarstan, Chuvashia, Samara, and Ulyanovsk (over three years). (2004)
London Metropolitan University, European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (London, United Kingdom)
$300,000 for activities to promote access to the European Court of Human Rights in the Russian Federation (over three years). (2004)
Memorial Human Rights Center (Moscow, Russia)
$150,000 in support of the organization of seminars and publications aimed at legalization of forced migrants and their protection from the arbitrariness of law enforcement and judicial bodies (over one year). (2006)
MITACOM Foundation for the Development of Social Responsibility (Moscow, Russia)
$40,000 in support of a television series on democracy in America and associated outreach activities. (2004)
Moscow Center for Gender Studies (Moscow, Russia)
$225,000 in support of activities to promote women's human rights and gender equality in Russia (over three years). (2005)
Moscow Guild of Theater and Screen Actors (Moscow, Russia)
$120,000 in support of the International Stalker Film Festival 2006-2007 in the Russian regions and Moscow (over two years). (2006)
Moscow Guild of Theater and Screen Actors (Moscow, Russia)
$30,000 in support of the annual International Human Rights Film Festival (over one year). (2005)
Moscow Helsinki Group (Moscow, Russia)
$750,000 in support of regional monitoring, legal assistance clinics, and coalition-building activities (over three years). (2003)
Mothers in Defense of the Rights of Those Arrested, Under Investigation and Convicted (Krasnodar, Russia)
$50,000 in support of activities to reduce police abuse in the Krasnodar region (over two years). (2004)
Mothers in Defense of the Rights of Those Arrested, Under Investigation and Convicted (Krasnodar, Russia)
$80,000 in support of a project titled Resistance to violations of human rights: murders, tortures, arbitrary arrests (over two years). (2006)
Nizhny Novgorod Regional Non-Governmental Organization - Committee Against Torture (Novgorod, Russia)
$270,000 in support of a campaign against police abuse (over three years). (2004)
Novorossiisk City Charitable NGO - FRODO (Krasnodar, Russia)
$75,000 in support of activities to reduce ethnic discrimination and xenophobia in the Krasnodar region (over two years). (2004)
Novorossiysk City Charitable NGO FRODO (Novorossiisk, Russia)
$150,000 in support of a project titled Human Rights in the Krasnodar Region: Strategy for Achieving Change (over three years). (2006)
Perm Civic Chamber (Perm, Russia)
$200,000 in support of activities to promote the human rights community in the Russian Federation (over two years). (2005)
Perm Regional Human Rights Center (Perm, Russia)
$225,000 in support of activities to stop the use of torture by law enforcement agencies (over three years). (2004)
Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights (Krasnoyarsk, Russia)
$70,000 for a project to develop effective legal assistance for torture victims in the Krasnoyarsk region (over two years). (2003)
Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights (Krasnoyarsk, Russia)
$150,000 in support of activities to combat police abuse in Krasnoyarsk region (over three years). (2005)
Public Verdict Fund (Moscow, Russia)
$300,000 in support of a range of activities to combat police abuse in Russia (over three years). (2005)
Rostov Center for International Defense (Rostov-on-Don, Russia)
$60,000 in support of activities promoting the use of the norms of the European Convention on Human Rights in the domestic Russian justice system (over two years). (2004)
Samara Human Rights Center (Samara, Russia)
$100,000 in support of a project entitled, The Responsible State (over two years). (2006)
Saratov Legal Reform Project (Saratov, Russia)
$650,000 in support of work on the reform of legal science, practice, and education in Russia (over three years). (2005)
Southern Regional Resource Center (Krasnodar, Russia)
$100,000 in support of legal assistance to the migrants in Krasnodar region (over two years). (2006)
Southern Wave Creative Union (Krasnodar, Russia)
$105,000 in support of activities to promote human rights in the Krasnodar region (over three years). (2004)
St. Petersburg Center of Humanities and Political Studies (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$150,000 in support of a project entitled, Development of the Institution of Regional Human Rights Ombudsman in the Russian Federation. (2006)
St. Petersburg Center of Humanities and Political Studies "Strategy" (St. Petersburg, Russia)
$425,000 in support of a training and technical assistance program for human rights ombudsmen and their office staffs in the Russian regions (over three years). (2003)
Sutiazhnik Public Association (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
$100,000 in support of an Internet training center and other training, legal research, and legal defense activities (over two years). (2004)
Sutiazhnik Public Association (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
$150,000 in support of a project entitled, Using Internet Technologies to Strengthen Human Rights NGOs and Media with a Human Rights Orientation in the Russian Federation (over three years). (2006)
University of Minnesota, Human Rights Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
$150,000 in support of the Russian Human Rights Library (over two years). (2006)
Women of the Don Region (Novocherkassk, Russia)
$150,000 in support of activities to combat police abuse in Novocherkassk (over three years). (2003)
Youth Human Rights Movement (Voronezh, Russia)
$225,000 in support of an antifascist campaign in the Voronezh region of the Russian Federation (over three years). (2005)
Youth Human Rights Movement (Voronezh, Russia)
$100,000 in support of an antifascist campaign in the Voronezh region (over two years). (2003)